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Practitioner Review: Twenty years of research with adverse childhood experience scores – Advantages, disadvantages and applications to practice

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

In their practitioner review, Lacey and Minnis consider the strengths and limitations of adverse childhood experience (ACE) scores – an increasingly common and influential approach for measuring childhood adversity in public policy, research and clinical practice.

Trauma-informed Practice: Special Report

Features

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Adverse childhood experiences can have far-reaching negative consequences on people’s lives, but there are growing efforts to implement trauma-informed practices in services to improve long-term outcomes.

Guide helps children’s workers respond to sibling sexual abuse

Analysis

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Sexual abuse involving child siblings is thought to be the most common form of intra-familial child sexual abuse.

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Home and School-Moves for Children Affected by Extra-Familial Risks During Adolescence

Research

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

This paper presents cumulative findings from studies into the contextual (situational, environmental and relational) dynamics of abuse that young people experience in extra-familial settings.

No Further Action: Contextualising Social Care Decisions for Children Victimised in Extra-Familial Settings

Research

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

This paper presents findings from one component of a study to understand and advance child protection responses to youth violence and exploitation (YVE).

Contextual Safeguarding: Policy context

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Contextual Safeguarding is an approach developed in 2011 as a result of work carried out by DrCarlene Firmin, principal research fellow at the University of Bedfordshire (see expert view, below). Her three-year review of responses to peer-on-peer abuse, found that 90 per cent of cases involved contextual factors which child protection systems and practices struggled to deal with.

Contextual Safeguarding helps Wiltshire to hone social work practice

Features

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Wiltshire County Council is developing and implementing a Contextual Safeguarding practice framework across its children’s workforce.

Contextual Risk, Individualised Responses: An Assessment of Safeguarding Responses to Nine Cases of Peer-on-Peer Abuse

Research

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

This article explores safeguarding responses to peer-on-peer abuse using the results of an in-depth study of nine police investigation files where a young person either raped or murdered a peer.

Contextual Safeguarding: Special Report

Features

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Contextual Safeguarding looks at factors beyond the home to form a broader picture when assessing risk. CYP Now’s special report looks at the latest developments, academic research and examples of best practice.

Keeping Children Safe? Advancing Social Care Assessments to Address Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Schools

Research

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Analysis of two studies to build an assessment framework for responding to abuse in schools for further testing in the future.

‘Why Wouldn’t You Have a Circle?’ An Evaluation of the Glebe House Circles Pilot

Research

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| CYP Now

This report is about a recent development at Glebe House: the ambition to provide Circles of Support and Accountability (Circles) for young men moving on from the residential programme.

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Special Report

Features

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can increase the risk of poor life outcomes, so policymakers and practitioners are developing new ways to prevent ACEs and support children at risk of them.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Other

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Preliminary Evaluation of the Virtual Reality Pilot Programme: The Cornerstone Partnership

Research

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

This study provides summary findings from a preliminary evaluation of the Cornerstone Partnership’s Virtual Reality Programme (CVR), which aimed to improve outcomes for children in care and children who have experienced attachment-related trauma.

A Review of the Risks Associated with Children and Young People’s Social Media Use and the Implications for Social Work Practice

Research

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

This study reviewed the research literature to understand what the research tells us about the nature of the risks posed to children and young people by their social media use.

Joint targeted area inspections: Inspections clinic

Features

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Joint targeted area inspections began in 2016 with the aim of bringing a range of inspectorates together to assess how health and care services for children are delivered. Jo Stephenson assesses the learning so far.

Streamlined system marks new era for safeguarding children

Features

Monday, September 23, 2019

| CYP Now

Replacing LSCBs with partnerships between councils, police and CCGs will lead to more regional working and thematic reviews of child deaths. Advocates say this will improve learning, but concerns remain over leadership.

Moving on from domestic abuse

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| CYP Now

The latest in a series about emerging safeguarding practice looks at how an NSPCC programme supports mothers and their children who have been victims of domestic abuse to move on together.

Special Report: Exploitation and Vulnerability

Features

Thursday, August 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Amid rising concerns about child criminal and sexual exploitation, policymakers and service providers are developing intelligence-led approaches to protecting vulnerable groups and supporting abuse victims.

Integrated gangs unit

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

London council's gangs unit brings police and children's professionals together into one team.

Pan-Merseyside integrated child exploitation service

Best Practice

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

Initiative works with police and safeguarding agencies to identify children involved in crime linked to exploitation.

Working with Prevent: Social Work Options for Cases of 'Radicalisation Risk

Research

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

The 2015 Prevent duty mandates social workers and other professionals "to pay due regard" to possible radicalisation concerns. However, there is currently no guidance on how practitioners might do this.

Recognising and Responding to Young People With Learning Disabilities Who Experience, or Are at Risk of, Child Sexual Exploitation in the UK

Features

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

Findings from recent studies suggest there is an increased risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) for young people with learning disabilities. However, there is a lack of evidence concerning how best to protect, identify and support these young people. This exploratory study aimed to address this gap by examining the identification of, and support for sexually exploited young people with learning disabilities.

Safe Foster Care for Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation

Research

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

This study is the first UK evaluation of specialist foster care for children at risk, or victims, of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and/or trafficking. It investigates how well the Safe Accommodation Project reduced risk and safeguarded these children.

'Going Viral' and 'Going Country' the Expressive and Instrumental Activities of Street Gangs on Social Media

Research

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

This study considers the role of the internet in gang culture and activity in the UK. The authors analyse the expressive and instrumental uses of "trap rap" videos posted on YouTube as a means of gaining insight into gang-related activity, such as drug dealing through "working the country lines".

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Practitioner Review: Twenty years of research with adverse childhood experience scores – Advantages, disadvantages and applications to practice

Trauma-informed Practice: Special Report

Guide helps children’s workers respond to sibling sexual abuse

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Home and School-Moves for Children Affected by Extra-Familial Risks During Adolescence

No Further Action: Contextualising Social Care Decisions for Children Victimised in Extra-Familial Settings

Contextual Safeguarding: Policy context

Contextual Safeguarding helps Wiltshire to hone social work practice

Contextual Risk, Individualised Responses: An Assessment of Safeguarding Responses to Nine Cases of Peer-on-Peer Abuse

Contextual Safeguarding: Special Report

Keeping Children Safe? Advancing Social Care Assessments to Address Harmful Sexual Behaviour in Schools

‘Why Wouldn’t You Have a Circle?’ An Evaluation of the Glebe House Circles Pilot

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Special Report

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Preliminary Evaluation of the Virtual Reality Pilot Programme: The Cornerstone Partnership

A Review of the Risks Associated with Children and Young People’s Social Media Use and the Implications for Social Work Practice

Joint targeted area inspections: Inspections clinic

Streamlined system marks new era for safeguarding children

Moving on from domestic abuse

Special Report: Exploitation and Vulnerability

Integrated gangs unit

Pan-Merseyside integrated child exploitation service

Working with Prevent: Social Work Options for Cases of 'Radicalisation Risk

Recognising and Responding to Young People With Learning Disabilities Who Experience, or Are at Risk of, Child Sexual Exploitation in the UK

Safe Foster Care for Victims of Child Sexual Exploitation

'Going Viral' and 'Going Country' the Expressive and Instrumental Activities of Street Gangs on Social Media

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